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45: Superseded Science, why is TB Still a Thing, and the Radium Girls

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Geology and Darwin's Obsession

This chapter discusses Darwin's early papers on geology, his obsession with the subject, and how his famous trips on the Beagle were primarily for geographic and geological reasons. It also explores the objective of gathering geological evidence of the biblical flood, the theory of the expanding Earth, and the eventual replacement of this theory with continental drift and plate tectonics.

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